The Mullinator
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Not sure if this will end up belonging in the politics section or not. It all depends on what kind of discussion takes place I guess.
Anyway its new military hardware being developed that I have to say sounds pretty neat.
Especially this one, it sounds a lot like tesla coils in Red Alert
Anyway its new military hardware being developed that I have to say sounds pretty neat.
Especially this one, it sounds a lot like tesla coils in Red Alert
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68152,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7For Peter Bitar, the future of directed energy boils down to money. Bitar heads Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems in Indiana, which makes small blinding lasers used in Iraq. But his real project is a nonlethal energy device called the StunStrike.
Basically, it fires a bolt of lightning. It can be tuned to blow up explosives, possibly to stop vehicles and certainly to buzz people. The strike can be made to feel as gentle as "broom bristles" or cranked up to deliver a paralyzing jolt that "takes a few minutes to wear off."
Bitar, who is of Arab descent, believes StunStrike would be particularly intimidating in the Middle East because, he contends, people there are especially afraid of lightning.
At present, StunStrike is a 20-foot tower that can zap things up to 28 feet away. The next step is to shrink it so it could be wielded by troops and used in civilian locales like airplane cabins or building entrances. Xtreme ADS also needs more tests to establish that StunStrike is safe to use on people.